SPAM³ - Spin Polarized Advanced Materials for Magnetic Memories

SPAM³ is supported by

Starting date: 1 February 2009

ABOUT

NEWS

SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

RESERVED AREA

Further information:

Dr. Roberto Mantovan

Tel:+39-039-6036540

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Laboratorio MDM

CNR-IMM, Unita' di Agrate Brianza

Via Olivetti, 2 - 20864

Agrate Brianza(MB) - Italy

Website creation:
R. Mantovan
R. Colnaghi

News

30 January 2012:Workshop "Spintronics for memory applications" is organized at the MDM Laboratory in the framework of the Spam3 project. link
January 2012:R. Mantovan, S. Vangelista, S. Cocco, A. Lamperti, O. Salicio, "CVD synthesis of polycrystalline Fe3O4 thin films by using the cyclohexadiene iron tricarbonyl liquid precursor", J. Appl. Phys., in press (2012).
October 2011:S. Vangelista, R. Mantovan, S. Cocco, A. Lamperti, O. Salicio, M. Fanciulli, "chemical vapor deposition growth of Fe3O4 thin films and Fe/Fe3O4 bi-layers for their integration in magnetic tunnel junctions", Thin Solid Films (2011), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2011.10.128
30 October-06 November 2011:MMM 2011 "56th Annual Conference on Magnetism & Magnetic Materials", Scottsdale, Arizona (US). Our contribution: "CVD synthesis of polycrystalline Fe3O4 thin films by using the cyclohexadiene iron tricarbonyl liquid precursor" has been accepted for an oral presentation. link
August 2011:R. Mantovan, S. Vangelista, B. Kutrzeba-Kotowska, S. Cocco, A. Lamperti, G. Tallarida, D. Mameli, M. Fanciulli, "Synthesis of magnetic tunnel junctions with full in situ atomic layer and chemical vapor deposition processes", Thin Solid Films (2011), doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2011.08.037
March 2011-July 2011:A group of students from Università Milano Bicocca, degree course: "Laboratorio avanzato di stato solido" (Prof. E. Grilli), 4th year of the Physics Master Degree, have performed their activity at the MDM laboratory. In particular, part of their experimental activity in the laboratory, has been supervised by R. Mantovan and S. Vangelista in the framework of the SPAM3 project. A final report has been redacted by the students, and entitled "Growth and characterization of thin films for MTJs applications", in which the contribution from Cariplo Foundation has been acknowledged.
9-13 May 2011:E-MRS 2011 SPRING MEETING (symposium Synthesis, processing & characterization of nanoscale multi functional oxide films III), Nice/France. Our contribution: "Synthesis of magnetic tunnel junctions by full in situ ALD/CVD processes" has been accepted for an oral presentation. link
9-13 May 2011:E-MRS 2011 SPRING MEETING (symposium Synthesis, processing & characterization of nanoscale multi functional oxide films III), Nice/France. Our contribution: "CVD growth of Fe3O4 and Fe/Fe3O4 thin films for their integration into magnetic tunnel junctions" has been accepted for an oral presentation.link
January-March 2011:Davide Mameli from Università degli Studi di Cagliari has performed his research activity for the achievement of the Bachelor's degree (Corso di Laurea in Scienze dei Materiali) in the framework of the SPAM3 project under the supervision of Dr. G. Tallarida and Dr. R. Mantovan. Title of dissertation: "CARATTERIZZAZIONE DELLA MORFOLOGIA E DELLE PROPRIETÀ MAGNETICHE DI SUPERFICIE DI FILM SOTTILI PER APPLICAZIONI IN MEMORIE MAGNETICHE", Tutor: Prof. Paolo Ruggerone.
November 2010:T. E. Mølholt, R. Mantovan, H. P. Gunnlaugsson, D. Naidoo, S. Ólafsson, K. Bharuth-Ram, M. Fanciulli, K. Johnston, Y. Kobayashi, G. Langouche, H. Masenda, R. Sielemann, G. Weyer, H. P. Gíslason, "Observation of spin-lattice relaxations of dilute Fe3+ in MgO by Mössbauer spectroscopy", Hyperfine Interactions 197, 89 (2010), doi: 10.1007/s10751-010-0214-3.
23-27 May 2010:International Conference "Trends in Spintronics and Nanomagnetism" (TSN-2010), Lecce/Italy. Our contribution: "Atomic layer- and chemical vapour- deposition of thin films for spintronic applications" has been accepted for a poster presentation. abstract
29 April 2010: seminar at Immanuel Kant State University of Russia (IKSUR), Kaliningrad. R. Mantovan: "Materials, structures, and methods for spintronic devices". abstract
24 February 2010: seminar at LGM Laboratory (c/o Physics Department, Via Celoria 16, Milano). R. Mantovan: "Magnetoresistance and spintronic devices". abstract
March 28th - April 1st, 2010:"Fourth Seeheim Conference on Magnetism", Frankfurt/Germany. Our contribution: "Development of a full in situ ALD/CVD system for the synthesis of magnetic tunnel junctions" has been accepted for an oral presentation.
January 2010: R. Mantovan, A. Lamperti, M. Georgieva, and M. Fanciulli, "CVD synthesis of polycrystalline magnetite thin films: structural, magnetic, and magnetotransport properties" J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 43 (2010) 065002.
26-31 July 2009: ICM09: "International Conference on Magnetism" , Karlsruhe, Germany. We will present our work on the "MAGNETOTRANSPORT AND ATOMIC SCALE PROPERTIES OF MAGNETITE THIN FILMS PRODUCED BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION" with a poster presentation.
24-27 March 2009, FOXE: "I° Congresso Nazionale sugli Ossidi Funzionali per l'Elettronica", Villa Angelina, Massa Lubrense, Sorrento (NA), Italy. Our submitted abstract "CVD SYNTHESIS OF POLYCRYSTALLINE MAGNETITE THIN FILMS: STRUCTURAL, MAGNETIC, AND MAGNETOTRANSPORT PROPERTIES" has been accepted for an oral presentation.
01 February 2009: SPAM³ officially started at the CNR-INFM MDM National Laboratory.